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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pragmatism Section II (Lectures V-VIII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does James identify as the "fruits" of religion?
(a) Morality.
(b) Charity for those in need.
(c) Cultural benefits of saintliness.
(d) Ascetism.

2. James says that the second way of looking at "To You" is in which position?
(a) Pluralist.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Pragmatic.
(d) Logic.

3. James says that there are how many ways of looking at the poem "To You"?
(a) Two.
(b) Infinitely many.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

4. Lecture VII relates which of the following to pragmatism?
(a) Religion.
(b) Humanism.
(c) Logic.
(d) Rationalism.

5. What type of unity does James define as being the relationship of things that seem to tell a story together?
(a) Empirical.
(b) Casual.
(c) Beings.
(d) Aesthetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lectures XVI and XVII outline?

2. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?

3. James says that for an instantaneous conversion, it is necessary for a person to know which of the following?

4. What viewpoint does James attribute to being aggressive and radical?

5. Humans react in what way to new information, according to James?

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